We had a fabulous afternoon event in the Marine Hotel Sutton on Wednesday the 6th of May celebrating the amazing achievements of all our St. Fintan’s Sporting Heroes this year! Students and staff enjoyed lunch before receiving their well deserved accolades for sporting greatness across the board this year! Well Done All!! Enjoy our photo gallery below from the day!
Excitement is building for our All Stars Basketball event which is taking place on Monday, 11th of May at 13:55. Last minute tickets will be available in the cafeteria on Monday morning and at break time!
It’s been an action packed albeit very wet start to the year here in St. Fintan’s. Our Transition Years enjoyed a very successful Ski Trip in Austria aswell as cultural trips to the city, cookery school, driving school, and workshops in forensics, first aid, hygiene and skincare, bodhrán playing and an excellent SOAR Workshop on mental health. We welcomed our French friends over to the school for the first part of the French Exchange. Our students will be making the return trip to France in April. Transition Years are also in back to back rehearsals for this year’s school musical ‘Oliver’ which will take place over three nights from the 13th of March! Sports as ever has been action packed with Senior Soccer action in the North Dublin Quarter Finals, Junior, Senior and TY Frisbee Cup, Junior Basketball v Malahide. Our Senior Rugby team fought valiantly against St. Michael’s with lots of support from fans who made the trip to Donnybrook on the day. Unfortunately, it was not our day but we’ll rise to fight another battle!! Full Sports Report to follow after mid-term. Our 6th Years and 3rd Years sat their Mock Exams and after alot of hard work and effort are looking foward to a break over the next week! We’re building up to celebrating the Chinese New Year with lots of events planned for the week of the 23rd-27th of February! Wishing all staff, students and their families a well deserved mid-term break with hopefully some sunshine on the horizon! Forensics Workshop Ski Trip Ski Trip
We’ve had a busy start to the year already kicking off with our Open Night which took place on the 16th and showcased to prospective students and their parents the many academic, sporting and extra-curricular activities on offer in St. Fintan’s High School. The night itself was a colourful display of student’s achievements across the curriculum, sporting displays, science experiments, craft workshops and a speech and welcome from Principal, Ms. Kathy Mullen. Transition Years have had some wonderful sunny September days to experience sailing and getting to grips with their tacking and jibing while just enjoying being out on the water and experiencing the thrill of sailing! The TYs have also attended a Careers Expo to inspire and inform themselves on the variety of career options out there! Meanwhile, back at base, auditions for the annual TY Musical are complete and it’s full steam ahead now with rehearsing, dancing and designing a stage for the big nights next March. Good luck to all. Sports activities have well and truly kicked off with the Senior Basketball team playing against Portmarnock Community School , St. Paul’s, Malahide and St. Finians, two Senior Hurling matches played and a cross country running event which took place in Donabate. Here’s to a great active and productive October when we will celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week starting on the 8th of the month with events planned throughout the school!
We had a beautiful sunny blue sky day for our Annual School Walk last Friday to raise funds for Sports in our school. Over 600 students took part with nearly 300 choosing to run the course from the school along the seafront to The Tree of Life sculpture at St. Anne’s Park and back! This is a very important event for the school as it is our only means of raising much needed funds for PE equipment and extra-curricular sports in the school. Thanks to all who have donated on the GoFundMe link below. Our sincerest thanks for continuing to support Sports in St. Fintan’s. Congratulations to all of the students and teachers taking part. https://www.gofundme.com/f/2025-support-sports-in-st-fintans-high-school Here are the top runners in the Junior & Overall categories: Junior Race: 1st Ben Robinson 27:40, Sam Robinson 27.56, Ryan Keating 28.40, Callum Scanlon 30.14, Leo Ward 30.46, Tadhg Ward 31.48 and David Judge 31.51 Overall Race: 1st Daniel Connolly 26.03, Ben Robinson 27.40, Joseph Kirwan 27.53, Sam Robinson 27.56, Cathal O’Braoin 28.32, Ryan Keating 28.40, Eoin Brogan 28.46, Bode Dummer 29.12, Dylan Coogan 29.36 and Kyle Cullen 29.58 Well Done All!! Overall Best Race: Daniel Connolly, John’s 5
“Well done to another outstanding tennis team from St. Fintan’s High School. The team did very well to reach the final of The Leinster School Boy’s Tennis Tournament. The final was held at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club and the team battled it out on court against St. Andrew’s College. It was St. Andrew’s time to bring the cup home. The team had a fabulous day at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club. A special thanks to Rob Turpin who coached most of the players as Juniors. Thanks to Orna Morrissey from Sutton Lawn Tennis Club, who coordinated the logistics of court allocation for all of our teams. We look forward to competing in this tournament next year and hope too see our tennis players on the court during the summer.”
We had a gloriously sunny day last Friday to celebrate our 6th Year’s last day of school. The festivities kicked off with the annual Student/Teacher Match. It was closely fought but with a draw came down to penalties for the decider. The students took the win to great jubilation and we all enjoyed pizza and ice cream in the sun before giving the students a guard of honour leaving the school for the last time! Congratulations all on being a great year group who have achieved so much over the last five years, academically, in sport, the arts and many extra-curricular activities. We are so proud of you all! Check out our gallery of the days events below and we look forward to a wonderful Graduation Evening on Monday the 19th!
Check out our gallery of the action packed All Stars Tournament held last Friday May 9th. It was a colourful and fun afternoon with some great basketball prowess on display.
A fabulous evening was held on Friday the 9th of May with dinner and an awards ceremony in the Royal Dublin Golf Club celebrating the huge achievements in sport by our 5th and 6th Year students in the last year. It was a great night with some very well deserved winners! Check out our photo gallery below with a selection of the winners from the night. Congratulations to all who have achieved so much through sport both for our school and personally in the last year. Hurler of the Year l/r: Joe Shepard, Ben Kennedy and Joe Doherty with l/r: Principal, Ms. Mullen, Mr.. O’Dwyer, Mr. Sugrue and Mr. Smyth 6th Year Sportsman of the Year Rohan O’Shea with Principal, Ms. Mullen 5th Year Sportsman of the Year Sam O’Leary with Principal, Ms. Mullen Rugby Player of the Year l/r: Simon Cantwell, Rory O’Connor O’Hehir and Rohan O’Shea with l/r: Principal Ms. Mullen and Mr. Kaveh
All Star Basketball 2025 is coming this Friday!! Doors open at 13:55 with Team Broderick and Team Kinsella going head to head in what promises to be a very exciting and colourful tournament ! Last tickets available for sale in the the cafeteria tomorrow!
We had a lovely Graduation Ceremony for our Transition Years last night celebrating their many achievements and successes over the last year. Nine students represented the year group by speaking about all of their experiences: academic, sporting, work experience & entrepreneurship, artistic and more. We awarded Gaisce medals to very worthy recipients and awards for excellence across the year. Our TY Coordinator, Connie Davenport spoke about the importance of this year and congratulated the students on their successes. Many congratulations to all of our graduates and we wish them every success as they move forward into Senior Cycle!
What a fabulous few days of celebration we’ve had to congratulate our graduating class of 2026! On Friday, we kicked off with the annual student/teacher match where the teachers put up a valiant fight but the students emerged victorious with a final score of 6-2. This was followed by a delicious celebration lunch and a very special awards ceremony recognising excellence across school life in St. Fintan’s High School. The very deserving recipients of this year’s awards were: Laoch na Scoile Award 2026 – Brendan Dillon Edmund Rice Award 2026 – Michael Bolger Ard Ghradam Na Scoile 2026 – Harvey McGann Our students then left the school to a teacher’s guard of honour as they passed through the gates as students for the last time! On Monday night, we celebrated with a magnificent Graduation ceremony. The students looked resplendent in their suits and transformed into young men of the world before our eyes. With speeches, a memory lane slideshow, certificate presentation and music and song, we congratulated this fantastic year group wholeheartedly. We wish them every success in their exams and beyond. We will miss you lads! The Big Match!! Lunch & Awards Ceremony The Graduation!
We had a fabulous afternoon event in the Marine Hotel Sutton on Wednesday the 6th of May celebrating the amazing achievements of all our St. Fintan’s Sporting Heroes this year! Students and staff enjoyed lunch before receiving their well deserved accolades for sporting greatness across the board this year! Well Done All!! Enjoy our photo gallery below from the day!
Excitement is building for our All Stars Basketball event which is taking place on Monday, 11th of May at 13:55. Last minute tickets will be available in the cafeteria on Monday morning and at break time!
Our Annual Darkness Into Light walk will be held tomorrow morning meeting outside the school at 4am. A massive €3,800 has been raised so far which is an outstanding amount and many thanks to all who have contributed to this fabulous and worthy cause. It’s not too late to contribute using the code on our poster! We wish the walkers every success and a wonderful experience tomorrow morning!
Lots of events will take place across the school next week to raise awareness of Neurodiversity including a sensory garden, screening of ‘I Swear’, a talk by Howth-Sutton Autism Friendly Community and a Fact or Fiction display wall. More pics to come next week highlighting this very important event!
Our Annual Darkness Into Light Walk will take place on the 10th of May this year starting at 4:15am from the school premises to Howth Harbour. This walk is an important occasion to highlight and support mental health in Ireland and forms part of the Nationwide initiative in placing importance on our mental health and looking after it. Please support the walk by making a donation to the link below. We would really appreciate your support!
As we gear up for Easter Holidays after another busy term at St. Fintan’s High School, we wish all of our students, staff and their families a restful and peaceful Easter Holidays. Best of luck to our Leaving Certificate students with their aural examinations over the holidays!
An outstanding performance last night from our Transition Years for the opening night of ‘Oliver’. Amazing individual performances and fabulous chorus numbers all round! It was a truly joyful adaptation of this classic. Well done to all cast, crew and their teachers and here’s to two more great shows tonight and tomorrow night! More pics to follow soon….
Excitement is building and last minute rehearsals for our Transition Year musical ‘Oliver’ which will kick off on Thursday through Saturday this week. Tickets are available now but selling out fast. Doors open on Thursday at 7pm. Curtains up at 7:30pm. Wishing all cast, crew and their teachers a fantastic show! Break a Leg All!
This week, we celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge! With lots of events planned over the week (see poster below) and the school awash with green decorations, it promises to be a really enjoyable build up to St. Patrick’s Day and a celebration of Irish culture across the school. Stay tuned for a gallery of images late on in the week!
Our 6th Year Art class enjoyed a fabulous trip to Paris over mid-term. The highlight was the Museé D’Orsay where our students got to see the paintings from class discussions in real life including the famous Olympia and Dejeuner sur l’Herbe by Manet along with works by Van Gogh, Renoir and Monet. The group enjoyed climbing the Arc de Triomphe, a guided tour of the Museé Picasso, artist’s working in residence at 59 Rivoli, the big climb to Sacre Coeur and a guided tour of the newly renovated Notre Dame not to mention getting in practice for their French orals. It was a very special and wonderful experience for all! Eiffel Tower Arc de Triomphe Notre Dame Plaza Atheneé for Hot Chocolate! Museé Picasso Louvre Museum Bouillon Julien Art Nouveau Restaurant Renoir
A selection of images showcasing our Chinese New Year of the Horse Celebrations last week. Great fun by all on Friday last with gams in the cafeteria, the Chopstick Challenge and Xiangi on the astro, Happy Chinese New Year all!!
We’re having a fantastic week celebrating Chinese New Year of the Horse! The school is awash with colour and decoration and in a nod to Japan and Cherry Blossom Season, we have installed a Cherry Blossom installation made up of cutout flowers made by 1st Year and TY Religion and SPHE students. Our installation is a clear reminder that Spring is on the way at last. We began the week with handing out Fortune Cookies to students during big break on Monday and announcing the start of our celebrations. On Thursday, we ran Chinese boardgames in the cafeteria at lunchtime where students enjoyed playing chequers, card games, Mah Jong and a special Year of the Horse picture puzzle created by Ms. Gallagher. Today, we will celebrate with games and entertainment, Jianzi, music and fortune telling at lunchtime. Wishing everyone a very Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse! More photos to follow of today’s celebrations to follow on Monday! Check out our interactive padlet for Chinese New Year using the link below: https://padlet.com/connie_davenport/chinese-new-year-2026-1yt1b3jrfboyv2ke https://padlet.com/connie_davenport/chinese-new-year-2026-1yt1b3jrfboyv2ke/slideshow
We will be celebrating Chinese New Year after Mid-Term with lots of fun activities planned throughout the week! Lots of pics of all events to follow and an interactive padlet with lots of interactive games and information about the event will be published on our website from the 23rd February!
It’s been an action packed albeit very wet start to the year here in St. Fintan’s. Our Transition Years enjoyed a very successful Ski Trip in Austria aswell as cultural trips to the city, cookery school, driving school, and workshops in forensics, first aid, hygiene and skincare, bodhrán playing and an excellent SOAR Workshop on mental health. We welcomed our French friends over to the school for the first part of the French Exchange. Our students will be making the return trip to France in April. Transition Years are also in back to back rehearsals for this year’s school musical ‘Oliver’ which will take place over three nights from the 13th of March! Sports as ever has been action packed with Senior Soccer action in the North Dublin Quarter Finals, Junior, Senior and TY Frisbee Cup, Junior Basketball v Malahide. Our Senior Rugby team fought valiantly against St. Michael’s with lots of support from fans who made the trip to Donnybrook on the day. Unfortunately, it was not our day but we’ll rise to fight another battle!! Full Sports Report to follow after mid-term. Our 6th Years and 3rd Years sat their Mock Exams and after alot of hard work and effort are looking foward to a break over the next week! We’re building up to celebrating the Chinese New Year with lots of events planned for the week of the 23rd-27th of February! Wishing all staff, students and their families a well deserved mid-term break with hopefully some sunshine on the horizon! Forensics Workshop Ski Trip Ski Trip
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